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- Title
Evaluation of Total Flavonoids, Myricetin, and Quercetin from Hovenia dulcis Thunb. As Inhibitors of α-Amylase and α-Glucosidase.
- Authors
Meng, Yonghong; Su, Anping; Yuan, Shuang; Zhao, Huaguo; Tan, Siyuan; Hu, Chingyuan; Deng, Hong; Guo, Yurong
- Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the inhibition effect and mechanism of total flavonoids, myricetin and quercetin extracted from Hovenia dulcis Thunb. on α-amylase and α-glucosidase in order to explore the potential use of Hovenia flavonoids in alleviating postprandial hyperglycemia. The results demonstrate that total flavonoids, myricetin, and quercetin were effective inhibitors of α-amylase with IC50 values of 32.8, 662 and 770 μg ml-1, respectively. And all three were effective inhibitors of α-glucosidase with IC50 values of 8, 3 and 32 μg ml-1, respectively. Enzyme kinetics tests and Lineweaver-Burk results showed the inhibition effects of total flavonoids, myricetin and quercrtin on α-amylase were all reversible and competitive, and the effects on α-glucosidase were all reversible but non-competitive. This study revealed that Hovenia flavonoids, especially myricetin, are effective and promising functional foods in alleviating type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Subjects
FLAVONOIDS; MYRICETIN; QUERCETIN; HOVENIA dulcis; GLUCOSIDASES; AMYLASES; GLYCOSIDASES; HYPOGLYCEMIC agents; PLANTS; FUNCTIONAL foods; PLANT extracts; CHEMICAL inhibitors; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 2016, Vol 71, Issue 4, p444
- ISSN
0921-9668
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11130-016-0581-2